IPE's EU Coverage – Page 3
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NewsPensionsEurope plays down need for scale interventions in IORP II review
Industry association to go into more detail in response to the Commission’s targeted consultation on supplementary pensions
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Special ReportEU pension reforms at a critical juncture
As efforts to reform Europe’s pension system gather pace, much will hinge on European Commission legislative proposals due out later this year
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Asset Class ReportsUS versus Europe: will private credit investors shift focus?
As market volatility persists, private credit investors are starting to rethink their allocations to the US in favour of Europe
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FeaturesHigh-yield bonds still attractive despite market volatility
High-yield bonds have proven their resiliency in the current market volatility. Spreads are at the tight end, but yields are also higher than they have been, offsetting these concerns.
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Opinion PiecesEurope must forge its own trade relations policy with China – without relying on the US
Iran has recently been in the headlines, but while its relations with the US have ramifications across the Middle East, the more profound longer-term issue may be America’s relationship with China, as Washington beats the drum of a new cold war with Beijing.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - July 2025
US President Donald Trump remains the main source of global political risk. In recent weeks, he has ramped up pressure on Russia over the ongoing war in Ukraine while the success of his interventions in Israel’s dual conflicts with Hamas and Iran is uncertain.
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FeaturesEuropean Commission eyes securitisation as way to boost EU’s economy
After years of being discussed as a way to boost the European Union’s economy, securitisation is now firmly at the top of policymakers’ priority list for the 2024-29 legislative term.
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Opinion PiecesEurope’s nasty pension tax dilemma
The Nobel Prize-winning economist Bill Sharpe famously once said that retirement drawdown is the “hardest, nastiest problem in finance”. In EU politics, the same thing could pretty much be said about taxation.
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NewsEFAMA calls for EU-wide adoption of savings and investment accounts
European Commission is preparing to propose a European blueprint for savings and investment acccounts
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NewsAsset managers must back up ESG credentials under new ESMA guidance
EU financial market regulator publishes thematic note on sustainability claims
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NewsPensionsEurope warns savings account push could undermine supplementary pensions
Offering preferential tax treatment to savings and investment accounts could jeopardise objective of providing sufficient income replacement in old age, says group
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AnalysisThe state of shareholder rights in US and the EU
While US regulators and state legislatures chip away at shareholder rights, the EU takes a more measured – if sluggish – approach to reform, Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports in the second of a four-part series on stewardship and shareholder rights
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: Questions over US economic policy dominate global investor concerns
The likelihood of a full-scale global trade war has decreased, and the outlook for the global economy has improved as a result, but new tariff announcements by the US administration could cause this scenario to change once more
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NewsMulti-country initiatives could help move SIU goals forward, says OECD
Preferential tax treatment still a ‘formidable challenge’ for development of EU-wide savings and investment products
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NewsInvestors urge EU legislators not to take an axe to sustainability laws
CSRD and CS3D are ‘essential’, claim 80 financial institutions
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NewsSupervisors flag ‘inadequate’ sustainability staffing at some asset managers
Managers have between 0.5 and 16 employees charged with integrating sustainability risks, but some aren’t qualified, claims research
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NewsRelief for pension funds as retaliatory tax code dropped from US budget bill
Section 899 pulled after G7 countries agreed to exempt US companies from parts of global minimum tax rate deal
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NewsInvestors call for corporate and government action on toxic chemicals
Investors have also put their name to a statement urging more action to combat air pollution
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NewsFinance lobbied harder than any other sector to water down CS3D, finds research
Investors planning engagement on responsible lobbying may have to start with the finance sector
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NewsPensionsEurope raises ‘serious concerns’ over One Big Beautiful Bill
US senate is expected to vote on the reform legislation on Monday
